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UC Studies Show Marijuana Has Therapeutic Value


Researchers from the University of California’s Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR) have found “reasonable evidence that cannabis is a promising treatment” for some specific, pain-related medical conditions.

UCSD Considers Law School


Faculty and administrators from UC San Diego and California Western School of Law (pictured) have formed a joint committee to consider an affiliation that may lead to a new law school that enhances the research, teaching and public service mission of UCSD.

Haiti Earthquake Strikes Home


The catastrophic losses on the island of Haiti have stuck close to home as the UCSD community mourns the loss of one of its own. UC San Diego former swim team member Ryan Kloos, ’o8, died while visiting his sister, Erin, who was volunteering at the Father Wasson Center, an orphanage in Petionville, Haiti.
  

On Track


Leilani Munter, Muir ’99, is one of a handful of women who race in the minor leagues of NASCAR and IndyCar. A poster girl for the green movement, this self-proclaimed, “Carbon Free Girl,” buys and acre of rain forest after each race.

G.I. Blues and Golds


The campus of UC San Diego started as Camp Mathews, a marine base specializing in marksmanship training. The number of service personnel seeking further education has increased since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. UCSD is ranked among the top military-friendly schools in the nation and is welcoming back veterans from the Marines and other services.

A Call to Action


After World War II, the visionaries of the University of California Master Plan created a university system that became the envy of the world. Now after 10 years of declining state support and indifference by the public that system is suffering a full blown crisis. The UC is turning to those who benefited most – its alumni.
  
  
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Mark Rosenbaum, Revelle '84, was recently hired as the new CFO of News Corp.’s MySpace. With 22 years of experience including senior financial roles at companies such as MGM, Twentieth Century Fox, and Walt Disney, just to name a few, his challenge is to help MySpace during its next steps of financial growth.

Linda Lee, Revelle '90, a broker associate with Prudential California Realty, has been named the new president of the San Diego chapter of the Women’s Council of Realtors. She also volunteers at the San Diego Association of Realtors and the California Association of Realtors.

Elizabeth Victoreen Coffey, ERC '02, married Sean Coffey on May 2, 2009. The wedding was attended by 12 of her closest UCSD friends: Kim Michaud, ’02, Kimberly Carey, ’01, Melisa Bittancourt, ’04, Meredith Haase, ’02, Meredith Abby, ’03, Erica Chan, ’02, Sara Pak, ’02, Abe Coffman, ’02, Michelle Prather, ’01, Laurent Butzbach, ’02, Caitlin Halferty, ’02, and Shannon Tracy, ’00.

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From Petro to Bio

Christophe Schilling, Ph.D. ’00, launched Geomantic along with Bernhard Palsson, the Galetti Professor of Bioengineering at UCSD, in 2000. Their aim was to enable the chemical industry—through Genomatica’s novel bio-manufacturing processes—to transform its feedstock base and take the “petro” out of the “petro-chemicals” business.  Learn more

Mimic Technologies

Jeff Berkley, ’93, president of Seattle-based Mimic Technologies, created the new dV-Trainer for the robotic da Vinci Surgical System to teach basic robotic skills, such as instrument manipulation, camera control and suturing.  Learn more
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